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		<title>&#8216;We should close them all&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/07/22/virginia-institutions-29829/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Institutions endure in Virginia, amid controversy Virginians with disabilities are caught in a system with too many antiquated institutions and too little money for community care, Henri E. Cauvin writes in the Washington Post. The state is one of just 11 that have not closed any institutions. Former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine stirred public controversy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 states get federal OK to cut special ed funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Education Week: At least two states have received federal permission to cut back on the money they spend on special education, and officials at the U.S. Department of Education are considering a request from a third. Iowa and Kansas have both won permission for the funding cuts, which can be granted under the Individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does special ed &#8216;take from regular kids&#8217;? Readers react</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/06/08/does-special-ed-take-from-regular-kids-29693/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter writers to the Los Angeles Times take issue with LA school superintendent Ramon C. Cortines&#8217; assertion that special ed funding takes services away from &#8220;regular kids.&#8221; The comment came in an article about the district&#8217;s plans to cut 200 special ed classes. Said one writer: Perhaps Cortines would prefer we revert to the not-so-distant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA school district to close 200 special education classrooms</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/06/04/la-school-district-to-close-200-special-education-classrooms-29673/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advocates worry that budget woes are turning back the clock for kids with disabilities From the Los Angeles Times: Faced with a multi-million dollar deficit, the Los Angeles Unified School District has announced plans for massive cuts in spending on services for students with disabilities. Some 200 special education classrooms will be closed, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home services disappearing as states slash Medicaid</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/20/home-services-disappear-29606/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Wall Street Journal: Around the country, shrinking state budgets and rising health-care costs are forcing drastic cuts in home services to people with disabilities. Because federal mandates restrict what states may cut inside Medicaid, states are often cutting basic services that help people with disabilities remain in their own homes. This is happening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As LA drops summer special ed for adults, a teacher objects</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/20/la-drops-summer-special-ed-29620/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By columnist Dennis McCarthy in the Los Angeles Daily News: The Los Angeles Unified School District has cancelled its summer classes for adults with developmental disabilities for the first time in 20 years, thanks to the budget crisis. Veteran special ed teacher Robert Zazula, who will be laid off for the summer as a result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocates cry foul over special ed funding loophole</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/05/07/special-ed-funding-loophole-29548/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 03:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: As school districts across the nation spend their federal stimulus money, some disability advocates say a loophole in the federal law has allowed districts to cheat students out of the very special education services the money was meant to bolster. A federal rule allows districts to use their stimulus dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asner, parents lash pending special ed cutbacks in LA</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/30/asner-parents-lash-pending-special-ed-cutbacks-in-la-29503/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times: Actor Ed Asner was among a group of 200 parents and advocates who turned out at Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters this week to criticize expected cuts to special education programs. The cuts will reverse progress for students with disabilities, they said. Asner, whose grandchild receives special education services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of disability advocates rally at Kansas statehouse</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/04/28/hundreds-of-disability-advocates-rally-at-kansas-statehouse-29371/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Topeka Capital-Journal,  AP/ABC News: An estimated 600 people with disabilities and their allies rallied at the Kansas state Capitol Wednesday in a show of support for social services and higher taxes, saying legislators have a responsibility to protect people who are vulnerable. Hours later, an opposing group of about 300 rallied against tax hikes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability advocates plead with Kansas to restore Medicaid cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/02/12/disability-advocates-kansas-28011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Lawrence [KS] Journal-World, WDAF Kansas City, KWCH-TV Kansas City: Kansas disability rights advocates pleaded with state lawmakers to roll back a planned 10 percent cut in Medicaid funding, saying that the $22.7 million reduction would put the lives of vulnerable people at risk. At a Capitol news conference Friday, advocates said the proposed [...]]]></description>
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